Democrats Congressional Gains Came From Secular Voters

It seems to be all over the place. Did the Republican Party lose support of the evangelical vote? Was the ill-fated Ted Haggard correct when he said (in the documentary "Jesus Camp") that if evangelicals vote, the GOP wins?




According to a the Pew Research Center's Exit Poll Analysis, the Democrat's Gains did NOT come from a change in how evangelicals voted. It did not even come from a reduction in the amount of evangelical votes.

According to Pew:

"The exit polls clearly show that the Democrats' gains in 2006 came largely among non-Christians and secular voters. House Democratic candidates gained 25 points among Jews and 7 points among those of other non-Christian faiths, compared with 2002. They also picked up 10 points among the much larger group of secular voters."

BTJ